The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-29
THE BOOM OUT EAST.
EDG1N eToN AND BEYOND
Sharing tho Now Era Of Activity and Pros
perity which Wheeling Enjoys : Now
Houses Going up and Manufactures
Increasing, all Soiid Growth,

That section Of Ohio county lying just
east OF the city and easily accessible by
Elm Grove ears or otherwise Is getting a
very good share Of the decided boom
which Is now enlivenlng business and In.
creasing the price Of real estate in the
city. All along the National road there
arc signs Of new lie, and in a icw' years
the country as for as Elm Grove will be
one succession Of villas and cottages or
more substantial residences. Mr.. A. Rey.
mann 10 just finishing an elegant ten.
room residence on the hill top above
Manchester, q commanding site, whore
the advantage 81 freah air will DO enjoyed
In an eminent degree. The new residence
OF Mr.. Dewey, at Echo Point, alone when
built, bids fair to be one Of little town,
Mr.. John D. Culbertson has an elegant
cottage nearing completion there, which
will be one OF the most artistic reeidsncer
In this part Of the country, and one Of
two other hnuges are to be built nea,
there soon. VI s3i'}. IN i'is Is75!gll
just beyond, at Edgington, and TO The
north and west Of Echo Point and Edginp
ton, q number Of new houses have beer
erected. Col. Henry B. Hubbard yester
day moved in and occupied his new resi-
dence on Edgington Lane. Mr.. Jamel
| Moore, foreman at Sweeney & Som,
South Side works, MIR. Flaccus, Mr.. W, v
Hoge and several others are building nice
residences In the Hame vicinity. Mr.
George H. Parks, OF Chicago, recently lsit
out number Of lots Of convenient sIzs a,
Edgington, and the greater part OF them
have been sold to gentlemen who viii
build suburban residences. H.
Mr.. Ssibert Is rebuilding his dancln,
pavilion on larger scale than ever before
and with bowling alleys, shooting gal
leries .and other convcniences In the base
ment. at Pleasant Valley, Just beyond
tho number OF new and fine houses Ii
striking. The improvements at Mt
Bslleview have already been mentioned
in detail in the 1NTgLLlGENclER. t
| Fulton Is getting her share Of the i'm
provements. Among the structures nov
going up Is fine cold storshouse, abou
100 by 10 feet, with two cellars It's full
size beneath, which the Messrs. Schencl
will use in their meat business. The
came firm is erecting fertilizer factory
and 1t Is quietly rumored that they az,
going into the dressed beef bueiness, tn.
Interstate Commerce Bill having mad,
this business profitable here, whereas i
was formally: monopolized in the large
western .cities. The schencks are nov
killing about 900 hogs per week and 81
beeves. Their capacity and facilities TO-
butchoring. hsndlingand coolingare equn
TO many times as much business as this
Their SAC, 900 ice machine would be equa
to the demands Of large dressed beef es
tablishment. A now cigar factory ant
dwelling and several other buildings ar,
also under way at Fulton. 5 IS
\ The Fulton paper mill finds natural gas
iuel all 1t MAS expected to be in its bust
ness, both in economy and cleanliness
This mill ia Increasingly prosperous eacl
year. In short, this last sentence seem
to describe the state Of affairs in connec
ton with all the industries Of the vicinity